Window-guard.



B. SAKREN.

WINDOW GUARD.

APPLIOATION FILED 1:30.10, 1912.

Patented May 5, 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedMay 5, 19 14.

Application filed December 10, 1912. Serial N 0. 736,033.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN SAKREN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county ofKings-and Stateof New York, have invented new anduseful Improvements inVindow- G uards, of which the following is a specification. v

An object of the invention is to provide a guard for use on windows andthe like, to prevent persons from accidentally falling out of thewindow. I

The invention embodies among other. fea-.. tures a guard which, when.not-in use, can. be conveniently folded into a box supported on thewindow casing, the said guard and box being arranged on the windowcasing so as not to interfere with the operation of the sash or with theplacing of screens in the casing.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to theaccompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a window casing showing my deviceapplied thereto; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken through thebox showing my device folded therein; and Fig. 3 is a vertical secstrip11 will bring the strip 12 into position adjacent the strip 11, thusfolding the guard.

In order to secure the guard 10 in a horizontal and unfolded position, aspring-like locking member 15 is secured to the window casing at a pointopposite to the point of pivotal connection of the guard with the windowcasing, the said locking member being preferablyrformed of a single.piece of material having one end thereof rigid with the window casingand the other end thereof loosely engaging the window casing in view ofthe spring-like action of the material from which the locking member 15is made. Now when the guard 10 is swung downwardly into-an unfolded"position, the strip J 12 of the guard will strike the free downwardlyinclined end of the locking member with sufiicient, force to move thesaid end out of engagement with the casing so'ithat the guard can swingdownwardly'within the looking member, the spring-like action of thematerial from which the locking memberis made causes the free end'of thelocking.

member to remain in engagement with the window casing, thus locking theguard in open position on the window casing. order:to further secure-theguard in open position a hook 16 is mounted to swing on the windowcasing beneath the point of pivotal connection of the guard with thecasing, the said hook being adapted to engage a pin 17 projecting fromthe inner end of the strip 12 when the guard is in lowered position,thus securing thisstrip rigidly on the casing, it being understood thatthe hook 16 must first be thrown out of engagement with the pin 17 andthe free end of the guard out of engagement with the locking member 15before the guard can be swung upwardly and into inoperative and foldedposition. A box 18- is supported on the window casing 14:, the said boxhaving a cover 19 mounted to swing thereon and engaged by a spri 20supported on the box to normally hol the cover 18 in closed position, aslot 21 be ing provided in the said cover for a purpose that will behereinafter more fully disclosed. Now when the guard 10 is folded withinthe box in the manner mentioned and the cover 19 is closed by the actionof the spring 20, if it is desired to move the guard into open position,the cover 19 is first swung into open position against the action of thespring 20, after which the guard is swung downwardly int-o openposition, with the free end of the guard secured to the casing let bythe locking member 15 and the inner end of the strip 12 secured to thewindow casing by the hook 16. The cover 19 of the box 18 is now releasedand owing to the action of the spring 20 will swing into closedposition, but in doing so will not interfere with the guard 10 in Viewof the provision of the slot 21 in the cover'and through which the guard10 extends when in lowered and unfolded position, as shown. Thus it willbe apparent that when the cover is in closed position the horizontaledge of the cover, which forms the upper Wall of the slot, will abutagainst the strip 11, forming a part of the guard 10, and further holdthe guard in open and locked posit-ion, thus preventing the guard frombeing raised in the event that it should accidentally become disengagedfrom the spring-like locking member 15.

The device described is simple and durable in construction and can beplaced upon a Window casing Without in any way inteu fering With theproper operation of the sash or with the placing of screens on theWindow casing.

Although for the purpose of describing my invention, I have shown aparticular construction of my device, it Will be understood that I donot limit myself thereto and that thescope of the invention is definedin the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

In a guard for Window casings, the combination with a Window casing, amember mounted to swing into folded or unfolded position on the Windowcasing, a box carried by the casing and adapted to receive the guardmember when the same is in folded position, and a self closing coverhinged to the box and provided with a slot through which the guardmember extends When the same is in unfolded position, the said cover,when the guard member is unfolded, being closed and engaged by the guardmember to lock the guard member in open position and prevent the guardmember from being raised into folded position, until the cover is swunginto an open position.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

BENJAMIN SAKREN. Witnesses Jos. J. GRUNBERG, MAX Rozmvnnne.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

